Buck Rogers - Searcher Model 2

This is a render of the Searcher, a starship that appeared throughout the second season of the American TV series, "Buck Rogers in the 25th Century" that ran between 1979 and 1981. Buck and his friends, Col. Wilma Deering and the robot Twiki, are assigned to the Searcher, which is on a mission to contact lost tribes of man who left Earth after the nuclear holocaust of the 20th Century. Joining them is the bird-man Hawk, the insatiably curious Dr. Goodfellow and the narcissistic robot Crichton. Commanding the ship was Admiral Efram Asimov who claimed to be a descendant of the famous sci-fi author. The ship bears the Latin motto, "Per ardua ad astra," (or, "Through Adversity to the Stars"). Like many props and models of the series, the Searcher was a reused and repainted model of a ship that appeared in the show's first season as a cruise liner called the Learian Queen. Likewise, parts of the model were chopped up and reconfigured for another episode to appear as casino space station. I made this model myself, using no blueprints - just eyeballing the details. You can view/download the model here: [link]